Training

Docent Training

Being an EV docent gives you the rewarding opportunity to teach kids to love nature. To learn more about our volunteering opportunities, read our Prospective Volunteers page.

We provide all of the required training for you when you become an EV docent. A variety of classes are scheduled throughout the year to facilitate a variety of schedules.

Classes meet at either the peninsula EV office in the Peninsula Conservation Center or the south bay EV office and at various field trip sites.

Class fees help cover the cost of our training materials and expert lecturers, and they include one-year membership dues of $25. Scholarships are available.

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Upcoming Trainings

Trainings are scheduled throughout the year. Below is a list of our upcoming classes.

Explorations in Ecology

This course covers five of our nine subject areas: Baylands Ecology; Forest & Foothills Ecology; Marine Ecology; Nature in Your Neighborhood (Urban Ecology); and All About Birds.

Next Session Begins:

Thursday, Sept. 4, from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm
Classes will meet on consecutive Thursdays through Oct. 16.
Location: EV South Bay Office in San Jose
Class fee: $50

Living in California

This course covers four of our nine subject areas: Earthquake Geology; Water Science & Conservation; Early California Indian Life: an Environmental Focus; and (our new subject!) Energy & Natural Resources.

Next Session Begins:

Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 9:00 am - 1:30 pm

Classes will meet on consecutive Wednesdays through Dec. 3.
Location: EV Peninsula Office in Palo Alto
Class fee: $50